Tracking the Climate Finance Ecosystem
The climate crisis is an all hands on deck problem, and all the hands need to be aware of what the others are doing. The following Climate Finance Trackers are designed to help climate funders and ‘ecosystem builders’ better collaborate by exploring: who is funding what, who to talk to for shared learnings, where are the gaps, and what type of capital could be most effective where.
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Climate Co-Investor Tracker
The Climate Co-Investor Tracker shows patterns of co-investments to US-based companies whose descriptions mention terms relating to climate mitigation or climate adaptation. Investors were included if they invested in at least two companies and linked if they co-invested in at least one company together. Colored clusters are groups of investors that co-invest with each other more than expected by chance.
Due to the nature of the climate crisis and the interdependence of solution components, climate investors need to consider not only de-risking their own investments but also de-risking the whole solution system at large. Herd investing could leave crucial solution components underfunded. Climate investors need to see the big picture, spot gaps, redundancies, and opportunities, and work together to secure our future.
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US Climate Finance Tracker
The Climate Finance Tracker - U.S. shows flows of private funding to US-based companies and non-profits whose descriptions mention terms realting to climate mitigation or climate adapation. The funding data span private investments (provided by Crunchbase) and philanthropic grants (provided by Candid).
In the next decade, trillions of dollars in investment will be made in climate solutions. But how can we ensure this capital is distributed effectively? What kind of capital is needed where, and when? To help inform these decisions, climate funders need to be looking at the bigger picture, getting ahead of emerging opportunities, and working together to bridge the gaps.
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Africa & Latin America Climate Finance Tracker
The Climate Finance Tracker - Africa / Latin America shows flows of private funding to companies and non-profits that are either based in - or work in - Africa or Latin America and whose descriptions mention terms relating to climate mitigation or climate adaptation. The funding data span from 2019 to 2022 and includes private investment data (from Crunchbase, GPCA, and Africa: The Big Deal), philanthropic grant data (from Candid and OECD), and Blended Finance data (from Convergence).
Climate change is disrupting the most foundational aspects of human life - food and agriculture, water and sanitation, public health, education and livelihoods, urban infrastructure and energy access, migration and social cohesion. While enterprises and investors are stepping up to meet the climate emergency, solutions for low-income communities and frontier markets remain capital-short. Those most impacted by climate change are getting the least amount of support. As interconnected as our world is, if we neglect these communities and economies, we all fail.
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These Climate Finance Trackers were developed in partnership with Vibrant Data Labs, with support from several partners and collaborators.
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CATALYTIC CAPITAL
All Hands on Deck
Enterprises from small to large, and investors from philanthropic to commercial, are stepping up to meet the climate emergency.
Some strategies, like electric vehicles and utility-scale solar and wind, can tap well-established capital flows. Venture capital is embracing climate innovation.
But solutions for low-income communities and frontier markets remain capital-short. Climate adaptation and resilience – which most directly affect lives and communities – get short shrift.
Climate change is disrupting public health, food and agriculture, water and sanitation, urban infrastructure and energy access, education and livelihoods, migration and social cohesion. All investors are climate investors now.
Catalytic investors are making emerging solutions investable. Institutional financing is starting to take them to scale.
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Deploy! | March 18, 2024
In Cleveland, stakeholders mobilize to deploy climate funds for community infrastructure
A few years ago, officials at the Cleveland and George Gund foundations were lamenting the lack of a state-wide green bank in the …
Climate Finance | March 14, 2024
Happy Returns: Elaborate spoof takes aim at Vanguard’s retreat from climate commitments
Climate change can be stressful, including for investors profiting from fossil fuels in the face of record-breaking temperatures around the world. Climate activists …
Clean Energy | March 13, 2024
The path to universal energy access is local, inclusive and women-led
In Zimbabwe, Agriput Solar leverages a network of local women to sell solar home products in rural communities. Women-led Grean World in Ethiopia …
Policy Corner | March 7, 2024
New SEC rules may be just enough to push climate action from disclosure to accounting
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 7 – First Europe. Then California. And now, the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC on Wednesday enacted long-awaited rules requiring …
Climate Finance | March 7, 2024
Gates Foundation seeds Africa Water Facility with $6 million grant for urban sanitation
ImpactAlpha, March 7 — Africa Water Facility, launched by the African Ministers Council on Water and managed by the African Development Bank, aims …
The Liist | March 5, 2024
Every day is International Women’s Day for female fund managers driving climate solutions (The Liist, March 2024)
Women running companies and asset management firms continue to raise less than 2% of total invested capital. Nevertheless, they persist. This month’s Liist …
Inclusive Economy | March 4, 2024
Overheard at Sankalp: Public equity for African small businesses, accelerating circular enterprises, financing women-led ventures
ImpactAlpha, March 4 – The theme of the Sankalp Africa Summit in Nairobi was “igniting Africa’s potential for a just transition.” As always, financing …
Climate Finance | February 29, 2024
Can the UK’s market for trading nature credits deliver ‘biodiversity net gain’?
The global economy is built on natural capital. Without an abundance of water, soil, and biological diversity, businesses and societies can’t function, much …
Impact Investing | February 21, 2024
Impact investing at a crossroads
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 21 – “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi never said …
Climate Finance | February 8, 2024
California’s climate-risk pioneer Dave Jones on our march ‘toward an uninsurable future’ (Q&A)
Dave Jones was California’s state insurance commissioner eight years ago when the then-novel idea of fossil fuel “stranded assets” caught his attention. The …
Good Jobs | February 1, 2024
Upskilling Africa’s workforce for green jobs in renewable energy and resilient agriculture
ImpactAlpha, February 1 – National commitments to decarbonize economies and mitigate climate change are spurring a global green jobs boom, as countries race …
Climate and Clean Tech | January 31, 2024
Is the EV glass half-full or half-empty?
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 31 – “Nobody said it was easy,” as Coldplay reminds us. “No one ever said it would be so hard.” That’s how …
Clean Energy | January 29, 2024
Pumpjacks and natural gas rigs start to make way for photovoltaics and windmills
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 29 – Oil and gas fields are good places to produce energy – from wind turbines and solar panels. The often-lengthy permitting …
Community Finance | January 24, 2024
LISC’s Michael Pugh on navigating legal challenges to community development finance (Q&A)
ImpactAlpha, January 24 — After 100 days at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Michael Pugh is getting down to business. At the top …
Clean Energy | January 23, 2024
Energy spinoff GE Vernova may have a bigger carbon footprint than GE claims
This article originally appeared on Climate & Capital Media. At a seminal moment in the historic breakup of U.S. corporate giant General Electric, …
Impact Investing | January 23, 2024
The pivotal role of financial inclusion in climate adaptation and resilience
On the opening day of the COP28, the loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries cope with the impact of climate change …
Signals | January 18, 2024
World Economic Forum 2024: If every billionaire is a policy failure, what’s a trillionaire?
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — The world is woefully behind on achieving climate and sustainable development goals by 2030. But one area where we’re …
Deploy! | January 17, 2024
Justice40: Frontline communities step up to deploy historic federal climate funding
ImpactAlpha, December 17 – When the Federal Highway Administration last week announced $623 million in grants to install public charging stations for electric …
Climate and Clean Tech | January 11, 2024
The Week’s Chart: Tripling renewables by 2030
Oops, they did it again. The International Energy Agency has upped its perennially conservative five-year forecast for renewable energy by 33%, or 728 …
Climate Finance | January 3, 2024
The opportunity to engage conservatives on climate
ImpactAlpha, Jan 3 – Taxing carbon can drive emissions reductions. Technology is fundamental to the energy transition. We can, in fact, solve climate change. …
Looking Ahead to 2024 | December 22, 2023
Next Year in impact investing: Betting on the future
🗣 All in. It’s not hyperbole to say everything is at stake next year. There have been enough jeremiads about the dangers to …
Impact Investing | December 21, 2023
At Stake in ‘24: Playing climate offense to scale up and phase out
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 21 – The transition to a low-carbon economy is a “mega force,” as BlackRock declares in its 2024 outlook. How quickly …
Frontier and Growth Markets | December 19, 2023
At stake in 2024: From financial inclusion to women to health, investing in emerging markets requires a climate lens
ImpactAlpha, December 19 – In Africa, fintech data is exposing climate vulnerabilities. In Latin America, investing in smallholder farmers means investing in regenerative agriculture. …
Impact Investing | December 15, 2023
At A Loss About the Loss and Damage Fund? Here’s What You Need to Know
One of the unequivocal wins at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai was the agreement, on the first day of the conference, to …
Low-carbon transition | December 14, 2023
Renewables’ improved performance and falling costs doom fossil fuels, even if COP28 didn’t
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 14 – Consensus, Margaret Thatcher once said, is “the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies.” That may be …
Climate Finance | December 12, 2023
In community with food, champions of regenerative agriculture gather in Kauai (videos)
If you think regenerative agriculture is merely an elite affectation of modern foodies, you might want to pay a visit to the 600-year-old …
Climate Finance | December 12, 2023
The impact entrepreneurs and investors putting the UN’s food framework into action
ImpactAlpha, December 12 – Food, from farm to table, is responsible for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, due to carbon-intensive livestock rearing, …
Climate Finance | December 11, 2023
India’s private investors lean green despite the country’s competing climate and development agendas
ImpactAlpha, December 11 – The debate over how to categorize the most populous country in the world’s climate actions and needs was on full …
Climate and Clean Tech | December 7, 2023
AI’s killer app: Guiding humanity through the climate challenge
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 7 – Ask not what artificial intelligence can do for the climate. Ask what the climate challenge can do for AI. …
Climate Finance | December 7, 2023
The Russell Family Foundation offers up $3.5 million for sustainable food, energy and infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, December 7 – Gig Harbor, Wash.-based Russell Family Foundation has committed $3.5 million to sustainable forestry, green infrastructure and new food initiatives. …
Catalytic Capital | November 29, 2023
Allianz’s SDG Loan Fund leverages a $25 million guarantee to catalyze $1.1 billion
A novel financing mechanism has stacked a small guarantee and a larger first-loss reserve to raise $1 billion from the German insurance giant …
Climate Finance | November 29, 2023
From “carve-outs” to “aligners,” five archetypes for family office climate investing
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 29 – Wealthy families are feeling the pull of climate investing. CREO, a nonprofit that for more than a decade has …
Climate Finance | November 28, 2023
From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 28 – The dueling narratives of climate change will face off at COP28, the two-week global climate gathering that begins Thursday …
Climate + Gender | November 17, 2023
To be effective, climate solutions need a gender lens (video)
ImpactAlpha, November 17 – That women are more adversely affected by climate change is well established (in impact and development circles at any …
India | November 15, 2023
Impact investors brave Delhi’s smog to champion climate finance in India
ImpactAlpha, November 15 – Impact investors in India gathered last week in Delhi’s hazardous smog to strategize ways to raise, and deploy, more …
Climate + Gender | November 14, 2023
These fund managers are putting climate + gender strategies into action
ImpactAlpha, November 14 – It’s early days, but investors are waking up to the outsized impact potential of investing at the intersection of …
Sponsored | November 8, 2023
Women as agents of change: How Heading for Change invests in climate solutions with a gender lens
What does investing at the nexus of climate and gender really look like? This is the question at the heart of Heading for …
Oceans | November 6, 2023
Ocean-based startups ride a wave of funds seeking opportunities in the blue economy
ImpactAlpha, November 6 — Less than a decade ago, the number of ocean-focused impact funds could be counted on one hand. Now, a …
Deploy! | October 31, 2023
DOE awards $1.3 billion to ease transmission bottlenecks
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 31 – Electric vehicles factories and renewable energy plants are rapidly rising across the US, thanks to federal tax incentives. Not …
Climate + Gender | October 30, 2023
Doubling down on guarantees, MCE Social Capital is unlocking capital for climate + gender
ImpactAlpha, October 30 – Impact investors know the challenges that come with building a market. Moving capital to address both climate change and …
Deploy! | October 26, 2023
The US is finally getting a national green bank. Here’s what to expect.
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 26 – Hurry up and wait. Lenders, community groups and consortiums of nonprofits that met this month’s deadline to apply to …
Corporate Impact | October 25, 2023
Investors push corporations to better manage increasingly scarce water resources
ImpactAlpha, October 25 – Corporations are the largest consumers of water globally, which sets them up for conflict and risk as water scarcity …
Gender Smart | October 24, 2023
Gender lens investors at SOCAP23 look beyond the ‘business case’ to move capital to women
Don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness. That adage captured the mood shift among gender lens investors at this week’s SOCAP23 in San Francisco. Investors …
Gender Smart | October 19, 2023
Through a gender lens in Latin America, investors see opportunities for impact and alpha (videos)
Oct. 19, Medellín – The women of Comuna 13, a sprawling neighborhood in the hills above downtown Medellín, turned to graffiti art, hip-hop music …
Water | October 11, 2023
Come hell or high water: Building community resilience to floods, droughts and water contamination
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 11 – Water — too little, too much or too dirty — isn’t simply emerging as a climate consideration. It’s forcing …
Muni Impact | October 11, 2023
Mispriced risks in bond markets mean Black communities pay more for climate resilience
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 11 – A community’s racial makeup, irrespective of economic variables, affects its cost of capital in the $4 trillion US municipal bond …
Plugged In | October 6, 2023
Plugged In: Building equitable food systems with reparative capital and community (video)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – How we grow our food matters, but for over a century, “who” gets a fair shot at owning and profiting …
Smallholder Agriculture | October 5, 2023
Investors are bullish on digitizing Africa’s agricultural supply chain
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 5 – When Desmond Koney inherited his father’s farm, he discovered firsthand the challenges of smallholder farmers in Ghana and much …
Inclusive Economy | October 4, 2023
Road to justice for Black farmers leads through flexible finance
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 4 – More than 150 years of discriminatory lending and land heists have left a generation of Black farmers with little access …
Frontier and Growth Markets | October 3, 2023
Bboxx snags $17 million World Bank subsidy for clean cookstoves in Rwanda
ImpactAlpha, October 3 — Cooking with firewood or coal is dangerous to human health and the planet. In Rwanda, more households are looking …
Europe | October 3, 2023
Germany’s Traceless Materials raises €36.6 million for a plastic alternative
ImpactAlpha, October 3 — Hamburg-based Traceless Materials has developed a bio-based, low-emission plastic alternative made from agricultural waste, such as rice and wheat …
Deploy! | September 28, 2023
With catalytic climate financing, Energy Department looks to demonstrate, deploy and decarbonize
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 28 – “We’re the government and we’re here to help.” The Department of Energy is trying to turn the old punchline …
Climate Finance | September 21, 2023
In the Climate Week mix: Policy tailwinds, green banks, talent pipeline
ImpactAlpha, September 21 — Hard choices have to be made… about which of the hundreds of Climate Week NYC events to attend. As …
Impact Management | September 20, 2023
The $100 billion opportunity in climate-finance accountability
ImpactAlpha, September 20 – Developed nations have pledged (but not delivered) $100 billion annually to help low and middle-income countries adapt to climate …
Climate Finance | September 20, 2023
Climate Week NYC: Write it down
ImpactAlpha, September 20 – Oil may be nearing $100 a barrel again, but long term prospects for fossil fuels are less rosy. Coal …
Climate Finance | September 18, 2023
From scientific to doomsday, the five climate change narratives shaping discourse and decisions
ImpactAlpha, September 18 — The climate discourse by individuals and groups typically involves five narratives about the import and response to climate change. Some …
Climate Finance | September 14, 2023
Protesters and private investors to pressure global leaders at Climate Week NYC
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – When world leaders jet into New York for the annual UN General Assembly this weekend, it will be hard …
Impact Investing | September 10, 2023
Climate protestors step up their game as climate action falters
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 11 – Tomato soup on Van Gogh’s sunflowers. A blockade of Burning Man. This weekend, climate protestors staged their latest stunt …
Climate Finance | September 7, 2023
Hit hard by climate change, African nations lean into opportunities in the green transition
ImpactAlpha, September 7 – African countries top the list of the world’s most climate-vulnerable places, despite having contributed little to the greenhouse gas …
Climate Finance | August 29, 2023
Letter from Italy: Our seriously sunny summer
Parma, Italy – As I pen these words, Italy is caught in the clutches of the third heatwave of this seemingly unending summer. …
Institutional Impact | August 28, 2023
Wall Street CEOs fiddle while Maui burns (and the world bakes)
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of …
Water | August 28, 2023
Water security climbs the climate agenda at World Water Week
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 28 – The fire that ravaged western Maui this month exposed simmering tensions over rights to dwindling water supplies. In fast-growing …
Inclusive Economy | August 24, 2023
In Maui, investing in future resilience and community stewardship after the fires
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 24 – From firefighting resources to land use planning to water rights to electric grid maintenance to community finance, this month’s …
Frontier and Growth Markets | August 17, 2023
Small vehicles have investors thinking big about India’s e-mobility transition
ImpactAlpha, August 17 – American electric car makers like Tesla are making headlines over plans to bring their cars to India. But it …
Climate Finance | August 16, 2023
African leaders want a bigger slice of a bigger market for voluntary carbon credits
ImpactAlpha, August 16 – Africa needs $250 billion a year to finance climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives. Yet the vast continent of nearly …
Deploy! | August 15, 2023
Clean energy investors are not waiting for Inflation Reduction Act’s billions to flow
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 15 – For Caelux Corp., investing in building a new solar factory outside Los Angeles was a no-brainer. Tax credits in …
Conservation | August 10, 2023
Revived South American alliance takes steps to protect Amazon forests and communities
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 10 – There was no grand pledge to halt deforestation, as Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had urged. Nor …
Conservation | August 9, 2023
Revival of Pakistan’s mangroves provides a blueprint for global restoration
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 9 – Less than 20 years ago, Keti Bandar, a coastal town in southeastern Pakistan, had barren shores. Today, it’s a …
Green Infrastructure | August 8, 2023
Hybar snags $700 million in debt and equity for recycled steel plant in Arkansas
ImpactAlpha, Aug 8 – Electric vehicle, battery and chip factories are rising in the US south and midwest. Hybar’s planned mill in Osceola, …
Deploy! | July 27, 2023
Catalytic grants aim to ready communities to deploy historic clean energy funding
ImpactAlpha, July 27 – When the Covid pandemic hit, philanthropic organizations mobilized with relative lightning speed to address the crisis and its impact …
Green Infrastructure | July 17, 2023
Managers vie for the mandate to stand up a national “green bank”
ImpactAlpha, July 17 — Green banks, credit unions, community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, and other nonprofit lenders are scrambling for the mandate …
Climate Finance | July 5, 2023
Sequestering carbon in America’s family forests
ImpactAlpha, July 5 – Tim Stout was thrilled when, a few years ago, he inherited 175 acres of northern boreal woodland surrounding his …
Climate Finance | June 26, 2023
New global financial pact advances innovative financial solutions and commitments to system change
ImpactAlpha, June 26 – World leaders took steps to upgrade the global financial architecture that has saddled low- and middle-income countries with debt …
Signals | June 23, 2023
An EV supply chain takes shape
ImpactAlpha, June 23 – A flood of funding and tax incentives championed by the Biden administration is remaking American manufacturing. The latest signal: …
Climate Finance | June 21, 2023
Could a ‘New Global Pact’ wring catalytic capital from the World Bank and development finance institutions?
ImpactAlpha, June 21 – In the year since Barbados’ Mia Mottley floated “The Bridgetown Agenda,” the need for 21st century institutions for financing …
Africa | June 15, 2023
Zola, Sun King and M-KOPA offer three paths to Africa’s off-grid energy future
ImpactAlpha, June 15 – For a decade, access to affordable, reliable and modern energy increased by roughly 100 million people a year – until …
Impact Investing | June 9, 2023
The Week’s Chart: Wildfires drive home costs of climate inaction
ImpactAlpha, June 9 – The past eight years have been the warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organization has declared. It should not …
Institutional Impact | June 5, 2023
Forget ESG. The greening of the global economy is a boon for institutional investors.
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of …
Climate Finance | May 30, 2023
Packard and Ford foundations back Nusantara Fund to bolster climate resilience for Indonesia’s Indigenous communities
ImpactAlpha, May 30 – Indonesia is among the world’s small number of “mega bio-diverse” countries – and has one of the world’s highest …
Catalytic Capital | May 23, 2023
Appalachia emerges as a climate refuge – and its community infrastructure feels the strain
ImpactAlpha, May 23 — With its mountainous terrain, water resources and ecological diversity, the Central Appalachia region across West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina …
Impact Investing | April 26, 2023
How Biden’s climate policies are driving a clean energy transformation
ImpactAlpha, April 26 – The trio of climate and economic legislation signed into law by Joe Biden in the first two years of …
Climate Finance | April 26, 2023
Despite their climate commitments, the world’s biggest banks are still pouring billions into fossil fuels
In the seven years since the Paris Agreement was signed, companies and governments around the world have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas …
Climate and Clean Tech | April 20, 2023
Venture capital investors in climate tech are closer to government than they might want to admit
The climate investment ecosystem has been buffeted in recent months by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the decline in climate tech …
Climate Finance | April 12, 2023
India’s urban slums have become a testbed for climate solutions. Investors are welcome to take a look
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – The Sanjaynagar slum in Ahmednagar, about 150 miles from Mumbai, was a desolate piece of marshland about the size …
Climate + Gender | April 11, 2023
With climate + gender fund, Suzanne Biegel is heading for change
If and when we have met the climate challenge, a key success factor will be clear: women. If you share that thesis, you …
Muni Impact | April 6, 2023
Mass migration, stranded communities and ‘chronic’ climate disruptions challenge the muni market
ImpactAlpha, April 6 – The municipal bond market has barely begun to grapple with the risks posed by climate change, despite an escalating …
Climate Finance | April 3, 2023
Move over, BlackRock. Vanguard is the new target for climate activists.
ImpactAlpha, April 3 – Tim Buckley is not a household name like Larry Fink. That may change, as shareholder activists take their climate …
Climate Finance | March 27, 2023
Don’t mess with Texas’s lead in the low-carbon energy transition
Austin, TX – Everything’s bigger in Texas. That goes for the state’s role in the transition to a greener and cleaner economy. Texas already …
Climate Finance | March 27, 2023
Four steps to set foundations on the path to net zero
We are in a race against the clock to combat the impacts of climate change and preserve a livable planet. Philanthropy has a …
Water | March 23, 2023
Putting a ‘price on water’ and other opportunities to address the H2O crisis
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 23 – In financial markets, water is becoming the new carbon. From early stage startups and corporate supply chains to public policy …
Impact Investing | March 20, 2023
Global Innovation Lab develops new financial models to tackle climate challenges in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, March 20 – Global finance is not keeping up with the urgent challenge of decarbonizing the economy and helping communities adapt to …
Climate + Gender | March 8, 2023
Frontline communities hold the keys to inclusive gender and climate finance
Good green jobs. Better climate solutions. Food security. Resilient supply chains. Increased wealth in low-income communities. And increased returns for more stakeholders. Those …
Climate Finance | March 6, 2023
India poised to lead – and test – the just energy transition
ImpactAlpha, March 6 – India is fast becoming the focus of efforts to super-charge climate funding into the Global South. Under Prime Minister …
Frontier and Growth Markets | February 27, 2023
Latin America’s impact entrepreneurs find opportunities in nature-based solutions and smarter services for low-income consumers
ImpactAlpha, February 27 – Street demonstrations, populist leaders and economic strife dominate news headlines about Latin America. Less appreciated are the entrepreneurs who …
Latin America | February 27, 2023
Root Capital and other impact investors emerge as key players in Biden’s Partnership for Central America
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 27 – The U.S.- Mexico border gets the attention. But in addressing the root causes of migration, it is long-term investments in …
Impact Investing | February 16, 2023
TPG touts strong fundraising – and results – for its climate and impact strategies
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 16 – The $135 billion investment firm, based in San Francisco and Ft. Worth, is the latest publicly listed private-equity giant …
Climate Finance | February 14, 2023
Private equity giants double down on the low-carbon transition and impact investing
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 14 – Brookfield Asset Management made waves last June when it closed fundraising for its $15 billion energy transition fund, the …
Signals | February 1, 2023
S-curves and tipping points are accelerating the low-carbon future
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 1 – The future of energy is S-shaped. Adoption of technological innovations is typically slow until they hit a tipping point, …
Climate Finance | January 26, 2023
Voluntary carbon markets face a reckoning over credit quality and environmental impact
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 25 – Are carbon markets a key pillar of climate finance, or an empty exercise in double-counting and greenwashing? After soaring …
Impact Management | January 25, 2023
To catalyze climate capital, development finance institutions are pressed to ‘publish what you fund’
ImpactAlpha, January 25 – Six trillion dollars. That’s roughly how much is needed annually to fight climate change and meet the U.N.’s Sustainable …
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